Ironing-board-supporting means



Oct. 2 ,1923. Y 1,469,629

LE ROY c. EDDY ET AL IRONING BOARD SUPPORTING MEANS Filed Nov. ,1922 2Sheets-Sheet 1 TIE-El...- a J E l I 2 Oct. 2 1923. 1,469,629

LE ROY c. EDDY ET AL monme BOARD sU roRTING MEANS Filed Nov. 20. 1. 22 2Sheets-Sheet 2 avwamroz 6739 CZ'ddy Patented Oct. 2-,. 1923.

'1 UNITED IsTAT;E-S

LE EoY o. EDDY AND EVERETT ILEDDY oEwAnEEE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IRONING-iBOARD-SUPRORTING MTEANSH- t v Application filed November 20,1922; Serial No. 602,096. 7

i T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, LE RoY C. EDDY and EVERETT H. EDDY, citizens of theUnited States, residing at'l'Varren, in the county of 6 lVarren andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Board-Supporting Means;

and we do declare the, following to be a full,

clear,fand exact description of the inven- 1 tion, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use thesame.

Our invention has for its object to pro vide an extremely simple andinexpensive, yet a highly efficient and desirable arrange ment of partsfor detachably supporting an ironing board upona vertical wall, in sucha manner that it is simply necessary to swing the board upwardly to apredetermined extent, in order to entirely detach it from the wall,while a reversal of this operation will quickly and easily attach theboard.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter hereinafter described and claimed, the description beingsupplemented by the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation ofan ironing board supported by means of our invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the wall carried bar forming part of thesupporting means.

, Figure 4 is an upper edge view of the bar shown in Figure l Figure 5is a detail horizontal'section on line 5-5 of Figure 3. v Figure 6 isatop plan view of a boardcarried "plate which co-operates with thewall-carried bar above mentioned. a

Figure 7 is an enlarged vertical section on line 77 of Fig. 21

vFigure 8 is an end elevation of the wall carried plate. V

F igure 9 is a View similar to Fig. 6 but showing a different form ofconstruction.

In the drawings above'briefly described, the numeral 1 designates abarhaving suitable openings 2 for the reception of screws or nails,whereby it may be -secured flat against a vertical wall. This'bar isvertically widened at its ends to provide downwardly extending portions3 having inwardly projecting ledges 4 which .are parallel with andspaced" below tlieibody portion of the bar, the inner edges 5 of theportions 3 being disposed at right angles.

to the upper surfaces of said ledges.

j The numeral 6 (Figs. 6 to 8) designates a plate having openings 7 toreceive screws or the like whereby it may be'secured flat upon one endof an ironing board 8 to extend transversely of this end, for thepurpose ofeflectively reinforcingthe same. At one edge, adjacent theends of this edge, the plate 6 is provided with a pair of upwardlyextending flanges 9 which are adapted to hook around the lower edge ofthe body portion of the bar 1, directly above, the ledges 4, saidflanges being then received in recesses 10 formed in the rear side ofsaid bar. one flange 9 tothe outer. end of the other flange, isapproximately the same as the dis tance between the two edges 5, so thatsaid flanges and edges will abut each other and hold the board againstlateralshifting. The board then rests upon the ledges 4 as shown mostclearly in Fig. 1, retainingthe flanges 9 in engagement with the bar 1.

Attention is directed to the fact thatthe edge of the plate 6 whichcarries the flanges 9, projects beyond said flanges sufiiciently to forma pair of rearwardly facing shoulders 11 which are adapted to abutthefront sides of the downwardly extending bar portions 3, thereby limitingthe downward swinging of the plate 6 and the board 8. To takeunnecessary strain from the bar 1 and plate 6, however, we prefer toprovide the board witha hinged leg'l2 whose lower end ma well seatbetween the floor and the wall to which the bar 1 is secured.

Our invention is extremely simple and in- I expensive, yet will behighly eflicient and The distance'from the outer end of desirable andwill present a neat appeara-nce. When thevboard is in place and is to bedetached, it, is simplynecessary to swing it. upwardly sufficiently todisengage the flanges 9 from the bar 1, whereupon this detachment 'maybe easily effected. similarly, by disposing the board at such an angleas to enable the flanges 9 to beengage-d with the bar 1 and thenswinging said board downwardly, it may be quickly and easily positionedfor use; When de tached from the bar 1, the board may be set at anydesired point, so that it will be entirely out of the way, it beingobvious that the leg 12 will fold against the board when the latter isdetached.

As excellent results are obtainable from the details disclosed, they arepreferably followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed,numerous minor changes may be made. For instance, in Fig. 9, we haveshown a plate 6 to take the place of the plate 6, said plate 6 being ofa sufficient size to form an iron-rest, suitable ribs 6 being providedto retain the iron in place.

hat is claimed is:

An ironing board support comprising a bar adapted to be secured flatagainst a vertical wall, the ends of said bar being vertically widened,providing downwardly extending portions having inwardly projectingledges spaced downwardly from the body portion of said bar, the rearside of said bar being recessed above said ledges;

and a plate adapted to be secured flat upon one end of an ironing board,one edge of said plate having upwardly extending flanges to hook aroundthe lower edge of said body portion of said bar directly over saidledges, said flanges being then received in the recesses of said barwith their outer ends abutting said downwardly extending bar portionsand being held in this position by contact of the ironing board withsaid ledges, said flanges being spaced inwardly from the ends of theaforesaid edge of said plate, leaving portions of said edge exposed toform shoulders for cont-actwith the front faces of the widened ends ofsaid bar, preventing downward swinging of said plate below a horizontalposition.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed our signatures.

LE ROY C. EDDY. EVERETT H. EDDY.

